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At the same time, an even grander scene was taking place on Palace Square in St. Petersburg.

The palace in Palace Square refers to the Winter Palace, the palace where the tsar actually handled government affairs.

The Winter Palace faces the Neva River, with a slightly protruding center, three arched iron doors, and a group of Atlas giants at the entrance.

There are two rows of colonnades surrounding the palace, which is majestic. The palace is inlaid with various marbles, malachite, azurite, spotted stone and jasper; decorated with gold and copper plating; and decorated with sculptures, murals and embroidered curtains of various textures.

The grandeur and scale of the Palace Square are astonishing, and all its buildings are very harmonious.

All buildings were built in different styles by different architects at different times.

It was originally the private museum of Empress Catherine II.

The empress was particularly fond of collecting paintings of all kinds.

In 1764, Catherine II purchased 250 paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens and others from Berlin and stored them in the Hermitage (French, meaning "Hermit Palace"), which gave the museum its name.

In order to demonstrate her power, during the 34 years of her reign, Catherine II continued to acquire and collect a large number of works of art of various types, including 1 coins and medals.

In the first ten years of her reign, she purchased approximately 2000 paintings. The 3 books in her library reflect a serious reading life - she read Voltaire as well as Rousseau, and corresponded with Voltaire for many years until his death in 8000. .

Not only is the portrait of Catherine placed here, but famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Gauguin, and Picasso are also here.

But at this moment, the palace in front of the square was full of tension and flames.

A group of workers and peasants armed with pitchforks, hammers, and sickles confronted the army at the gate of the palace. They held their weapons high and shouted some slogans.

The troops at the gate of the palace had guns in their hands, and there were even a few mechas standing there, but their faces were solemn, and the weapons they held were hesitant to fire.

Because there are so many people gathered in this square, even if this group of people is nothing compared to mechas, the power of such a huge number to riot is still terrifying.

Ten years ago, there was a general strike in the same place.

But at that time, the government of this country intensified the conflict with wrong handling.

People called it "Bloody Sunday."

Beginning in the 15th century, individual or collective petitions were established as a way to express dissatisfaction to the tsarist government. Tsarist Russian society at the beginning of the 20th century still followed this tradition.

In 1904, inspired by the liberal movement, the country's legal organization, the St. Petersburg Factory Workers' Congress, decided to submit a petition as an independent.

The content was completed by Father Gabon, the leader of the conference, and was originally scheduled to be released on February 2.

In 1905, 6000 people at the Putilov Factory in St. Petersburg were members of the Gabon Organization. In order to obtain greater profits, the factory director continued to violate workers' rights starting in the autumn of 1904.

At the end of the year, four factory workers who participated in a workers' meeting were fired by the foreman. Fired workers demand reinstatement of their jobs.

But the arrogant factory management not only ignored the workers' requests, but also responded provocatively and sarcastically: "Go to your 'congress' and let it support you!"

After negotiations failed, the workers' conference decided to start a strike on January 1905, 1. By the next day, the Putilov factory strike began to spread to other factories.

On January 1, 5 workers joined the strike. At the same time, the factory refused workers' demands for improved working conditions, and the intensity of the strike continued to increase.

Finally, Gabon and the Congress leadership believed that workers' grievances should be expressed directly to the highest authority, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and even to the Tsar himself, bypassing officials and capitalists.

Therefore, the conference decided to take advantage of the strike to submit a petition to the authorities.

On January 1, the content of the petition was completed and distributed to all walks of life.

The petition pointed out the difficult situation of the vast majority of workers and put forward demands for reform, calling on the tsar to reform. At the same time, the number of people participating in the strike in the capital has reached 15 and has begun to spread to surrounding areas.

On January 1, Justice Minister Muravyov asked Gabon to abandon the petition plan, but Gabon rejected his request. When Gabon asked to see the Minister of the Interior, he was also refused.

On the evening of January 1, Gabon made an agreement with everyone: he would carry two bandanas, white and red. When he successfully delivered the petition to the Tsar, he would wave a white handkerchief to the crowd, so the workers could rejoice in victory; but if it was red, it meant failure, and the workers could use this to launch a rebellion against the authorities.

This was the first ever general strike in the imperial capital. The military assisted the police in guarding power stations, gas plants, reservoirs, railway stations and large industrial enterprises.

When the strike in the capital took hold on January 1, Interior Minister Svyatopok-Mirsky submitted his resignation. Tsar Nicholas II had a "long conversation" with him.

He said in his resignation letter that he had done nothing in terms of political reform when the country's political situation was in serious turmoil.

The tsar said that the country did not need any reforms, but "needs to stop assembly and speech." A surprised Mirsky spread his hands and said: "If public assembly and freedom of speech are prohibited, then martial law can only be declared and everything is prohibited."

Nicholas calmly replied: "So what, it probably has to be like this."

On the eve of "Bloody Sunday", the Tsar handed over full power to his uncle, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexanderovich, who was a soldier. This person believed that using force to deal with popular resistance was most effective. The Tsar himself left the capital and "disassociated himself."

On January 1, the workers' conference began to march. At the same time, the troops stationed in the capital for security also completed their final deployment.

Just after 11 o'clock, the parade in Narva began to move. At the front of the procession, some workers carried flags, crosses, icons and portraits of the Tsar. Behind them was a large banner that read "Soldiers! Don't shoot at people!"

Gabon was in the second echelon. He wore a military coat over his cassock and was surrounded by assistants and bodyguards.

The procession hummed prayers and sang hymns as they made their way to the palace. People who had just walked out of the church also joined the march; the police on duty stood with their hats off, and even some police officers joined in.

As the procession approached the gate, a detachment of cavalry blocked the way. The front row of the team stopped, and someone suggested finding another route, but the leader and the crowd behind asked the front row to go directly to the arch.

As the team became more and more crowded, the crowd's songs of encouragement became louder and louder, and the team kept moving forward at a fast pace. Suddenly the infantry dispersed and a group of Guards Cavalry rushed out. The marchers quickly moved out of the way, and Gabon shouted to the workers not to back away.

The workers united again and moved forward still singing. The military police occupying the gate of Narva suspected that Gabon was in the parade and wanted to arrest him.

An officer later said that someone in the crowd fired two shots and that several workers attacked the soldiers with short sticks.

Enraged, the commander ordered the cavalry to disperse the crowd from the rear. But when they came, the team got out of the way.

Unable to disperse the crowd and unable to find Gabon, the infantry formed a strong human wall and pointed their rifles at the crowd.